Penicillin salt of nicotinothiodiethylamide



Patented Apr. 7, 1953 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE PENICILLIN SALT oFNICOTINOTHIO- DIETHYLAMIDE Harley W. Rhodehamel, Jr., Indianapolis,Ind.,

assignor to Eli Lilly and Company, Indianapolis, Ind., a corporation ofIndiana No Drawing. Application February 13, 1952, Serial No. 271,440

parenterally by methods known to the medical art.

The following examples illustrate the preparation of the novel salt ofthis invention:

Example 1 To 2 g. of a solution of penicillin (e. g. a com-- mercialmixture of the several penicillins) dissolved in 25 ml. of amyl acetateare added 2 g. of nicotinothiodiethylamide dissolved in 30 ml. of midacetate. The mixture is cooled and stirred occasionally whereupon thenicotinothiodiethylamide salt of penicillin precipitates. isolated as bydecantation or filtration, and dried in vacuo.

The salt is represented by the following formula in which P representspenicillin:

The salt is.

Erample 2 To an aqueous solution of 0.3 g. of the potassium salt ofpenicillin G in 1.8 ml. of water is added a solution of 0.3 g. ofnicotinothiodiethylamide hydrochloride in 10 ml. of water. The mixtureis cooled and stirred occasionally whereupon the slightly solublenicotinothiodiethylamide salt of penicillin G precipitates. The salt isseparated, and dried in vacuo.

Nicotinothiodiethylamide can be prepared according to the method ofKornfeld, J. Organic Chem. 16, 131, (1951).

Iclaim:

1. The nicotinothiodiethylamide salt of penicillin represented by thefollowing formula in which P represents penicillin:

S C2115 llt I C:Hi N P 2. The nicotinothiodiethylamide salt ofpenicillin G.

HARLEY W. RHODEHAMEL, JR.

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1. THE NICOTINOTHIODIETHYLAMIDE SALT OF PENICILLIN REPRESENTED BY THEFOLLOWING FORMULA IN WHICH P REPRESENTS PENICILLIN: